CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0317
COSMOS 1249 DEB (ANTENNA
COSMOS 1249 DEB (ANTENNA (NORAD 12550) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 June 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12550
International designator
1981-021B
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Mar 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jun 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 months109 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 22 Jun 1981
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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